Policy – Category 5000 (Students) BP 5002 – Assessment and Evaluation
• Student Interview: Conduct a student interview, as appropriate, to obtain the child’s perceptions of his/her academic, behavioral, and social performance; and • Core Teacher(s) Interview: Talk to the child’s core teachers to obtain information regarding referral concerns and the child’s academic performance, behavior, and peer interactions. Assessment Reports Personnel who assess children suspected of having a disability shall prepare a written report, or reports, as appropriate, of the results of each assessment. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: 1. Whether the child may need special education and related services. 2. The basis for making the determination based on the eligibility criteria. 3. The relevant behavior noted during the observation of the child in an appropriate setting. 4. The relationship of that behavior to the child’s academic and social functioning. 5. The educationally relevant health and development, and medical findings, if any. 6. For a child with a learning disability, whether there is such a discrepancy between achievement and ability that it cannot be corrected without special education and related services. 7. A determination concerning the effects of environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage, where appropriate. 8. The need for specialized services, materials, and equipment for a child with a low incidence disability, consistent with guidelines established pursuant to Education Code § 56136 . 9. Information related to enabling the child to be involved in and progress in the general curriculum or, for a preschool child, to participate in appropriate activities. 10. Documentation of the language of assessment for a child whose primary language is not English, and the results of tests administered in the child’s primary language by qualified personnel.
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BP 5002 – Assessment and Evaluation
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Desert Mountain Charter Special Education Local Plan Area (DMCS) (rev. 11/16)
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